Monthly Archives: <span>September 2010</span>

New York Giants Sued by Woman Claiming Injury at ’09 Game

The New York Giants have been sued by a woman and her husband who claim she was attacked by fans during a New York Jets game played at Giants Stadium last year. Michelle Munoz says she attended the Sept. 20 …

Hub Acquires Ontario Insurance Broker Sinclair Cockburn

Chicago-based insurance broker Hub International Limited has acquired the shares of Sinclair Cockburn Financial Group (SCFG), a Toronto, Ontario-based insurance and financial services firm with approximately $11 million in annual revenues. Hub acquired the property/casualty, personal insurance and group/life insurance …

Ex-AIG CEO Sullivan Joins Willis Group

Former AIG Chief Executive Officer Martin Sullivan, who was ousted three months before the U.S. government bailed the insurer out, is joining Willis Group Holdings PLC, the insurance broker said on Wednesday. Sullivan will head a new unit that will …

AmWINS/Colemont Acquires So. Korea’s CMK Insurance Brokers

Colemont Global Group, the international division of wholesale insurance broker AmWINS Group, Inc., has acquired a majority share of CMK Insurance Brokers Company Limited. CMK Insurance Brokers will operate under the trade name Colemont Korea Insurance Brokers Limited, according to …

BP Report Finds Multiple Companies, Workers Caused Gulf Oil Disaster

BP’s Deepwater Horizon oil disaster in the Gulf of Mexico was not caused by a single factor but by “multiple companies and work teams,” according to the oil giant’s internal investigation. BP’s report concludes that a sequence of failures involving …

BMS Names Beardmore New CEO

BMS, the London-based specialist insurance group, announced the appointment of Carl Beardmore as CEO of BMS Associates Ltd, the group holding company, subject to the approval of the UK’s Financial Services Authority (FSA). The bulletin noted that he has “been …

One Death Reported as Blast Rips Through Mexico Oil Refinery

An explosion ripped through a major Mexican refinery Tuesday, killing one worker and pushing gasoline and diesel prices higher on worries state oil monopoly Pemex will have to import more fuel. Pemex, the world’s No. 7 crude producer and a …

Climate Change May Add to Natural Disaster Death Tolls

Natural disasters are tending to kill fewer people but climate change may add to the toll by unleashing more extreme weather and causing after-effects such as disease and malnutrition, experts say. Better warnings of cyclones or heat waves and an …

Solutions Insurance Joins SIAA Inc.

Solutions Insurance Group LLC of Colorado Springs, Colo., has joined ICA Agency Alliance Inc. based in Colorado Springs. Since it’s inception in 1995, SIAA has signed 3,450 new members in the continental United States.

The Buckner Co. Appoints Executive Vice President

Salt Lake City-based The Buckner Co. has named Mark A. Oligschlaeger executive vice president/chief operations officer. He joins the insurance firm after having spent the last 12 years working for Leucadia National Corp., where he most recently served as the …